Gartner’s MQ continues to be the source of muchdebate, mostly since it pits vendors against each others some are bound to be disappointed (a MQ with all vendors in the leaders quadrant won’t probably be of much use to IT buyers).
Gartner has overhauled the process in the last 5 years and made it quite robust now, though the weightings and ratings are still not publicised (a key difference with Forrester’s wave and IDC’s Decision matrixShort List).

No one asked for my opinions, so here they are:

it’s better to be in than not, even if in the niche quadrant

an MQ is better than a Marketscope (I don’t like rating vendors against a linear scale because it implies you should choose the one to the right)

an MQ is still only 2 dimensions (hear below Gideon Gartner on this point)

allocate enough time, about 100-120 man hours per MQ on the vendor side

make sure you manage your constituents expectations and get their support

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